Meltdown & Spectre Security Vulnerabilities

A recent discovery of a CPU-level security vulnerability has prompted a majority of the IT world to update their systems and networks. This vulnerability affects all computers, both personal and network servers. Here’s some information pulled from various news articles:

Meltdown: a flaw in almost any computer or server that circumvents the hardware barrier between applications/systems and the computer’s memory, allowing hackers to read the memory.

From Newsweek: “Users of applications could discern the content of protected areas on the chips, making it possible for hackers to take advantage of other security flaws or expose secure information, including passwords, which could mean compromising not only individual computers, but also entire server networks.”

Hackers can manipulate installed apps to leak sensitive data from the mobile device

AppointmentPlus is dedicated to keeping our customers secure as a top priority. Therefore, we are taking every step possible to patch and protect our systems from inappropriate access to systems and data. In order to address these vulnerabilities, our engineering and security teams have aligned with key vendors to ensure our internal and customer environments are fully protected. In order to minimize impact, we will alert users via email notification when we have prepared all recommended patches to resolve this vulnerability. This is a security infrastructure update and there will be no changes to our application during this time.

Updates to the status of our systems will be posted on the Status Page for updates. Additionally, you may subscribe to receive emails when the status is updated throughout the day.